Byssus is one of those words. No calamity results from that fact, but out of curiosity I wanted to know more. As a textile term, it is deeply rooted in the realm of myths and legends – and this is also true for sea silk. Both of these terms tell a different story, and yet they are interconnected in a strange way. Byssus as a zoological term is not very old: only in the 16th century this name has been given to the fibre beard of various bivalve marine molluscs, in analogy to the antique textile called byssus – not vice versa.
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